seelisch |
1. adj. mental, psychological | |
und |
1. conj. (co-ordinating) and | |
Kaffee und Kuchen - coffee and cake | |
Ich kam, sah und siegte. - I came, saw, and conquered. | |
2. conj. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them | |
Er und Abwaschen? Vielleicht einmal im Jahr! - Him doing the dishes? Maybe once per year! | |
3. interj. so?, now?, and? | |
Und? Wie ist es gelaufen? - So? How did it go? | |
körperlich |
1. adj. bodily, physical | |
Auch |
1. Proper noun. , common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night | |
2. adv. also; too; as well (in addition to whatever or whoever has previously been listed) | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “auch”: I too want icecream. | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “Eis”: I want icecream, too. | |
3. adv. Used for emphasis. | |
4. adv. (To confirm a preceding statement by someone else): really, actually, indeed, in fact | |
Ich will auch ein Eis. - Stress on “will”: I do indeed want icecream. | |
Das ist auch so. - Stress on “ist”: It really is like that. | |
Du solltest zur Polizei gehen. ― Mach ich auch. - You should go to the police. ― I will. | |
5. adv. (To ask for confirmation of something one considers necessary.) | |
Hast du das Licht auch ausgemacht? - Did you make sure to turn off the light? | |
6. adv. (To imply that something is unreasonable.) | |
Du bist auch witzig... Wie soll ich das denn ohne Auto alles schaffen?! - You’re oh so ingenious... How am I supposed to get all of this done wit | |
Warum müssen die auch alle ihren Müll hier abladen! - Why do they all have to dump their rubbish here! | |
7. adv. even ((implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)) | |
Auch wenn das stimmt, ist es noch kein endgültiger Beweis. - Even if this is true, it is no definite proof. | |
Auch ein Professor schreibt schon mal was falsch. - Even a professor may misspell something at times. | |
8. adv. ever (as in whatever, whenever, however, etc.) | |
Was du auch tust, es wird immer einer besser sein. - Whatever you do, someone will always do it better. | |
9. interj. (in answering a yes-no question, used to express that the thing asked about covers part of the truth but not all of it); “yes, and more” | |
Ach, du bist Bauingenieur. Dann baust du Brücken? — Auch. - Oh, you’re a construction engineer. So you build bridges? — Yeah. And other things, too. | |
Wenn |
1. n. (informal) if | |
2. conj. when | |
Sag bitte Bescheid, wenn du fertig bist! (Tell me when you're done!) | |
3. conj. if (on the condition that) | |
Was tun, wenn ich nicht weiß, ob sie mich liebt? (What (to do) if I don't know if she loves me?) | |
Du |
1. pron. alternative case form of du you (singular) (especially when used as a direct address in letters) | |
2. n. (literally) the thou, the you (singular) | |
jemandem das Du anbieten - to offer somebody the thou | |
3. pron. you (thou, singular familiar) | |
mich |
1. pron. accusative of ich: me | |
verstehst |
1. v. second-person singular present of verstehen | |
verstehen |
1. v. to understand | |
2. v. to hear and interpret (speech) | |
Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm. - I can't understand you with this noise. | |
3. v. to comprehend, make sense of | |
Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst. - I don't understand what you mean. | |
4. v. to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated) | |
Ich verstehe das so, dass Sie unzufrieden sind. - I understand this in such a way that you are dissatisfied. | |
5. v. to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) | |
Er versteht viel von Autos. - He knows a lot about cars. | |
6. v. to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood | |
7. v. (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as | |
Wir verstehen uns als Dienstleister. - We see ourselves as a service provider. | |
8. v. to understand one another, be able to communicate | |
Ich hoffe, wir verstehen uns. - I hope we understand each other. | |
9. v. (with mit) to get along with | |
Die beiden verstehen sich gut. - The two get along well. | |
Wie verstehst du dich mit deinem Chef? - How do you get along with your boss? | |
10. v. (with auf) to be an expert (at something) | |
Sie versteht sich auf gut getarnte Beleidigungen. - She is an expert at making well disguised insults. | |
11. v. to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way) | |
Die angegebenen Preise verstehen sich ohne Mehrwertsteuer. - The indicated prices should be understood as without VAT. | |
12. v. (impersonal) to go without saying, to be obvious | |
Es versteht sich, dass ... - It goes without saying that ... | |